A House That Honors the Lord Together
Month 10: Loving One Another · Family Worship
Today's Scripture
Read together: Joshua 24:15 & Psalm 128:1–4
15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!” — Joshua 24:15
1 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways! 2 For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. 4 In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD. — Psalm 128:1-4
Memory Verse
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”— Ephesians 6:1 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Mark 10–11
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time.The Heart of It
At the end of his life, old Joshua gathered all of Israel and made them choose. Other nations served idols of wood and stone. But Joshua planted a flag for his whole household. He said, "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD" (). Notice that he didn't just speak for himself. He spoke for his house. Serving God was a family decision. It was a family direction. It was a family identity. This is how God loves to work. He doesn't just save scattered individuals. He knits whole homes together to follow Him, with parents and children walking the same road toward the same Lord. A house that honors God together becomes a place where His love and joy can settle in and stay.
And God promises real blessing on a home like that. paints a warm picture. "Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in His ways... Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine... your children like olive plants all around your table" (). Can you see it? A family gathered around a table, exactly like this one, right now. They flourish because they honor and follow the Lord together. This isn't a promise that life will be easy. But it is a promise that God delights to bless the home that delights in Him. So as we close this week about honoring and obeying, let's lift our eyes higher. The goal was never just well-behaved kids. The goal was a whole household, joyfully and together, belonging to Jesus.
Around the Table
Our whole family loves Jesus together! That makes God so happy.
Let's do it: Hold hands in a circle and shout together, "Our family loves the Lord!"
Joshua chose for his whole house to serve God. We get to make that same choice as a family.
Let's talk: What's one way our family can serve and honor God this week?
Joshua said, "as for me and my house." For him, faith was a whole-family direction. And promises blessing on homes that honor God.
Let's go deeper: One day you'll lead your own house. What kind of home do you want to build for the Lord?
💬 Conversation Starter
If our family had a motto to put over our front door, what should it say? Joshua's was, "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!"
🛡️ Defending the Faith
Some people say faith is just whatever you privately feel inside. But the Bible shows faith as a public commitment that shapes a whole household. Joshua declared it for his entire house (). A faith that orders a whole family's life is a serious claim about what is real. It is not just a private feeling.
For Dad · Go Deeper
Joshua's declaration is striking because he made the choice for his house without apology. Godly leadership doesn't hand a family's spiritual direction over to the children's preferences or the surrounding culture. That's not heavy-handedness. It is exactly the gentle, gospel-shaped leadership we saw yesterday, now aimed at the highest goal. As you close this week, take the long view. Well-behaved children are a fine thing. But a household that loves the Lord is the real treasure, and it rarely happens by accident. It is built in ten-minute table moments like this one, week after week, year after year. Keep showing up. You are quietly building a house that will outlast you. You are passing down a legacy of grace.
Draws on: Voddie Baucham, Family Driven Faith; Tony Evans, Kingdom Family Devotional.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, like Joshua, we choose You. As for us and our house, we will serve the Lord. Make our home a place that honors You together, full of Your love and joy. Bless our family and keep us walking in Your ways. In Jesus' name, amen."
As for me and my house, together, we will serve the Lord.